Watching MSNBC is torture

Watching MSNBC is torture: "To claim that the Japanese – architects of the Bataan Death March – were prosecuted for 'waterboarding' would be like saying Ted Bundy was executed for engaging in sexual harassment."

The Japanese "water cure" was to "waterboarding" as practiced at Guantanamo what rape at knifepoint is to calling your secretary "honey."

The Japanese version of "waterboarding" was to fill the prisoner's stomach with water until his stomach was distended – and then pound on his stomach, causing the prisoner to vomit.

Or they would jam a stick into the prisoner's nose so he could breathe only through his mouth and then pour water in his mouth so he would choke to death.

Or they would "waterboard" the prisoner with saltwater, which would kill him.

• "failing to respect a Serbian national holiday"; or
• "forgetting to wear plastic gloves while handling a Quran."

But that is not what MSNBC would have you believe.